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Councilmember Todd Gloria: News From City of San Diego - District Three

Councilmember Todd Gloria announced policy changes to better utilize parking meter funds in San Diego. An audit found nearly $18 million in unused parking meter funds meant to address parking challenges. The new policy clarifies that parking meter revenue can be spent on parking and traffic improvements within a quarter mile of meters. It focuses funds on increasing the availability and effective use of parking. Examples of allowed uses include acquiring land for parking facilities, wayfinding signage, shuttles, and alternatives to reduce parking demand. The changes are aimed to make it easier to implement parking solutions with available revenue.

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Councilmember Todd Gloria: News From City of San Diego - District Three

Councilmember Todd Gloria announced policy changes to better utilize parking meter funds in San Diego. An audit found nearly $18 million in unused parking meter funds meant to address parking challenges. The new policy clarifies that parking meter revenue can be spent on parking and traffic improvements within a quarter mile of meters. It focuses funds on increasing the availability and effective use of parking. Examples of allowed uses include acquiring land for parking facilities, wayfinding signage, shuttles, and alternatives to reduce parking demand. The changes are aimed to make it easier to implement parking solutions with available revenue.

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News from

Councilmember Todd Gloria


City of San Diego District Three
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: June 30, 2015

Contact: Katie Keach, 619-847-8274

Putting Parking Meter Money to Better Use


Policy Change will Result in Efficiency and More Parking Improvements
SAN DIEGO, CA (June 30, 2015) Councilmember Todd Gloria today announced policy changes to
put parking meter funds to better use. The San Diego City Council approved amendments to Council
Policy 100-18 to clarify the eligible uses of parking meter revenue and defining the areas where the
funds can be spent. Changes approved today also included the additional requirement for Community
Parking Districts (CPDs) to report their performance and outcomes to a City Council committee each
year and to submit five-year budgets as part of their annual plans.
A city audit requested by Councilmember Gloria was completed in November 2014 and determined
nearly $18 million of parking meter funds meant to address parking challenges were sitting idle in
accounts. Councilmember Gloria, who represents the neighborhoods where most of San Diegos
parking meters are located, found this unacceptable and has been working with city staff to address
deficiencies in the community parking district program.
Parking is in short supply in many of our communities, but in many cases, funding is plentiful
to address this challenge. The changes approved today will make it easier to implement
parking solutions with available parking meter revenue, said Councilmember Gloria.
The policy now clarifies that expenditures of parking meter revenue may generally be expended within
a one-quarter mile radius from a parking meter zone for parking or traffic control and management
purposes, including pedestrian and vehicle safety. Funds shall be focused on improvements and
activities that increase the availability, supply, and effective use of parking for residents, visitors, and
employees.
Examples of appropriate purposes are provided such as:
Leasing, purchasing, or construction of additional on-street or off-street parking;
Acquisition of land, project design, financing, construction, and/or operation of public parking
facilities (not including special event parking);
Providing mobility (parking and access) information through wayfinding signage or media;
Community shuttles or circulator systems; and
Enhancing mobility within the Community Parking District and facilitating the use of alternative
forms of transportation to reduce parking demand.
The staff report includes more detailed information about the policy changes.
To complement the approved changes, performance measures for CPDs are being developed that
will help clarify the benefits achieved by each organization annually.
Councilmember Gloria has consistently championed improvements to parking challenges throughout
his tenure on the City Council.
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The city is currently implementing mobile pay technology for approximately 1,000 smart
meters in the Uptown neighborhoods as a six month pilot program. Should the mobile pay
option be well-utilized and function properly, the city intends on expanding it to additional
meters.
He led efforts to reform and re-launch the Uptown Community Parking District when its
predecessors financial dealings were found to be questionable; he pushed the Mid-City
Community Parking District to produce more than studies; requested the legal opinion that
opened the door for parking meter funds to be used on some bike and pedestrian projects;
completed the citys contract for smart parking meters; and is working with the Parking
Advisory Board to develop amendments to the angled parking conversion policy to make those
projects easier to implement.

Parking meter revenue is split between the city and CPDs, with the city getting 55% and the local
CPD receiving 45%. CPDs are represented by a neighborhood advisory board, which is charged with
monitoring parking meter utilization and recommending parking-related improvements that can be
funded with parking meter revenues. More information about CPDs is available online.

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